Countess Mountbatten: in pictures

Remembering Countess Mountbatten

15 Jun 2017

Thursday 15 June 2017

Countess Mountbatten, who led an extraordinary life despite the devastation wreaked upon her when an IRA bomb killed her father and her 14-year-old son in Ireland, has died peacefully at home at the age of 93. Here we look back at her finest moments.

Countess Mountbatten and her dogs Sandy and Skye, 2004

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Countess Mountbatten and the Prince of Wales, 1980

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Countess Mountbatten, 1946

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Lord Brabourne and Countess Mountbatten

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Lord Brabourne and Countess Mountbatten on their wedding day with Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth, 1946

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Princess Elizabeth and Countess Mountbatten, 1949

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Countess Mountbatten with the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1987